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[[Image:Seal mncolor.gif|thumb|State Seal]]

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'''Minnesota''' (from the Dakota "Mini sota") is located in the Midwestern region of the [[United States]] and on May 11, 1858 became the thirty-second state to enter into the union. During the [[American Civil War]] Minnesota supported the Union Army. The capital of Minnesota is [[Saint Paul (city)|Saint Paul]] and the largest city is [[Minneapolis]]. These cities are sometimes referred to as the [[Twin cities|Twin Cities]], due to their close proximity.  The current governor of Minnesota is [[Tim Walz]].

'''Minnesota''' (from the Dakota "Mini sota") is located in the Midwestern region of the [[United States]] and on May 11, 1858 became the thirty-second state to enter into the union. During the [[American Civil War]] Minnesota supported the Union Army. The capital of Minnesota is [[Saint Paul (city)|Saint Paul]] and the largest city is [[Minneapolis]]. These cities are sometimes referred to as the [[Twin cities|Twin Cities]], due to their close proximity.  The current governor of Minnesota is [[Tim Walz]].

==Politics of Minnesota==

==Politics of Minnesota==

Minnesota has been historically a [[Democratic]] state. They have not gone Republican in a Presidential election since [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972. However, in the 2010 elections, Republicans won a majority of both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time since 1970. The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  [[Marxist]] protesters attempted to shut it down, blocking streets and disrupting [[public transportation]].

Minnesota has been historically a [[Democratic]] state. They have not gone Republican in a Presidential election since [[Richard Nixon]] in 1972. However, in the 2010 elections, Republicans won a majority of both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time since 1970. The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota.  [[Marxist]] protesters attempted to shut it down, blocking streets and disrupting [[public transportation]].

[[File:HHH.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hubert Humphrey booted Fannie Lou Hamer out of the 1964 [[Democrat Convention]] and seated the all-white Mississippi delegation.  He was rewarded with the VP spot.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07PwNVCZCcY Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony], American Experience, [[PBS]]. youtube.</ref>  In 1968 HHH was nominated as the Democrat presidential candidate despite never having appeared on any ballot in any primary.]]

[[File:HHH.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Hubert Humphrey booted Fannie Lou Hamer out of the 1964 [[Democrat Convention]] and seated the all-white Mississippi delegation.  He was rewarded with the VP spot.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07PwNVCZCcY Fannie Lou Hamer's Powerful Testimony], American Experience, [[PBS]]. youtube.</ref>  In 1968 HHH was nominated as the Democrat presidential candidate despite never having appeared on any ballot in any primary.]]

Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning.

Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level [[Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though since the loss of manufacturing jobs to [[China]] and growth of [[agribusiness]] this now is more an issue of tradition than actual meaning.